Sign



March 29 1927. ,62 ,637

C. A. FORSYTH SIGN . Filed Sept. 21, 1925 z'snuts-sheet 1 March 29,1927. 2 1,622,637

C. A. FORSYTH SIGN Filed Sept. 21, 1925 2 Sheets-Shem. 2

Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

CHARLES AMOS FOR SY'II-I, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

SIGN.

Application filed September The present invention relates to signs, and more particularly to that type ada ated to be illuminated and to be suspended from a building or other suitable support.

An object of the present invention is to provide a sign which is adapted for quick attachment and detachment to and from a support, such as the wall of a house or the like, and which when attached may be securely locked in position from unauthorized removal, and a sign which when attached to a house or the like may be illuminated from a convenient lamp socket, such as found on porches, or in adjacent portions of the house.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sign which may be economically constructed from a single blank so peculiarly folded and bent as to provide a signboard and reflector for supporting the lamp and reflecting the rays thereof against the signboard.

The invention is primarily for the use of realtors or the like who have control over the renting or selling of a number of pieces of property and upon which may be placed, permanently, supporting devices to which the sign may be easily and quickly attached, and from which the sign may be easily and quickly removed. a number of the same may be maintained in use by exchanging them from one building to another. The sign, however, is adapted to individual and other uses.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this invention will be in part described and in part understood from the following detail description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a sign constructed accordingto the present invention and in position against a wall;

Fig. 2 is a plan view. of a blank from which the sign is constructed;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the sign in its complete form;

ig. 4 is a fragmentarily enlarged end elevation of the sign showing an electric lamp mounted therein;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the sign;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the sign as applied to the front door of a building, showing the electric cord leading into the By the use of this sign Serial No. 57,770.

sign from a suitable source of electric energy;

and.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentar through a portion of the re part of the sign.

y sectional view fiector and frame Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a signboard preferably con and comprising the lower as shown in Fig. 2. The

structed of metal part of a blank signboard 10 is preferably flat and adapted to receive suit able cats tested for be painted, pasted or cured to the signboa'rd. the blank provides substantially of the display which may otherwise suitably sohe upper part of a reflector 11 which is same width as the signboard 10 and which is bent outwardly at right angles to the upper of the sign board and curved therefrom as shown in Fi end of the reflector 11 is spaced of the upper W'liCl] carries a lamp 14-.

edge portion 12 downwardly g. 4. The outer is housed secured 11 and The lamp socket 123 is )rovided with an electric cord 15 which may e carried outwardly flector through the re- 11 to any suitable source ofelectric current for supplying energy to the lamp 14.

The blank is provided with wardly extending arms 16 a pair of outwhich project in an edgewise direction from the blank above the top edge 12 of the signboard and which are bent upwardly as shown in Fig. 3 to support the sign. vided with apertures 17 which is detachably These arms 16 are protherein through threaded a cross bar or the eye piece 20 is flat and freely through the openings 17 and is also adapted to receive a padlock for holding the rod 18 from removal.

The outer end of the re adapted to pass 21 or the like unauthorized Hector 11 is provided with a frame 22 which comprises the upper edge portion of the thereon on the line 23. portion 22 extends beyond blank turned over The upper edge the edges of the blank to provide a pair of frame bars 24 which are adapted to be substantially right angles of the reflector 11 and whi bent inwardly at to the outer end ch have inturned forwardly part of the sign board 10 and provides a hood or casing in whic and protected a lamp socket 13 against the inner side of the reflector flanges 25 at their extremities bent over upon the lines 26 to lie flat against the signboard 10. Rivets 27 secure the flanges 25 to the signboard and thus provide a rigid frame structure between the signboard and the lower end of the reflector 11.

In order to removably support the sign, a pair of screw eyes 28 are provided having shanks 29 of any suitable form for permanent attachment to a wall 30 or the like, the screw eyes 28 being permanently mounted and adapted to remain in place after the sign has been removed.

In use, the screw eyes 28 are permanently mounted upon a door, a wall or other disired support. The sign is attached to the screw eyes by passing the eye piere 20 through one of the upstanding arms 16 of the sign, and then threading the rod 18 through the eye pieces 28 and through the opposite arms 16. The padlock 21 may now be applied if desired, and the sign is thus secured in position against the support. The electric cord 15 is connected to a suitable socket 31 or the like from which current may be taken for operating the lamp 14. The rays from the lamp 1 are deflected by the reflector 11 downwardly upon the body of the signboard 10 so as to il luminate the same and clearly display the data or the like which is placed on the signboard. Where the sign is used to advertise the rental of a property, and it is desired to remove the sign, it is only necessary to detach the cord 15 and remove the rod 18 from the screw eyes 28 when the sign may then be conveyed to a different support and suspended thereon as above outlined.

The entire sign comprises but a single blank of sheet metal or the like so peculiarly bent and shaped as to provide a rigid structure easily formed. The electric lamp 14 and its parts, and the rod 18 are the only additional parts requiredfor the complete sign.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention Without departing from the spirit thereof, and being limited only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is 1. A sign comprising a signboard, a reflector mounting on said signboard and eX- tending outwardly and downwardly therefrom, a brace connecting the opposite lower ends of said reflector and the signboard, said brace being integral with said reflector, said reflector being integral with said signboard, illuminating means mounted in the reflector, upstanding arms on said reflector and at the upper opposite ends thereof, and a suspension rod carried through said arms.

2. A sign comprising a flat signboard, a forwardly and downwardly curved reflector connected to the upper end of the signboard and provided with a pair of upstanding arms at its opposite edges, the lower edge portion of the reflector being returned against the inner side thereof to provide a reinforcing frame and said lower edge port-ion having frame bars extending from opposite ends thereof and bent inwardly and secured to the signboard for bracing the reflector thereon, a removable rod secured through said arms, and permanently attachable supporting members having eye portions for removably receiving said rod therethrough.

CHARLES AMOS FORSYTH. A 

